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I'm surprised to find out that no one on here is yet privy to the ultranationalist party utilizing Hitlerian political tactics to seize power in Poland.
Congress: Keep an eye on Kaczyński’s Poland
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Why Poland Is Turning Away From the West
The EU and US are concerned that a dictator may be coming to power in Poland.
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Congress: Keep an eye on Kaczyński’s Poland
"Any U.S. military aid to Poland that the current L&J government might ask for must be inextricably linked to the state of democratic practices in the country, including respect for the independence of the judiciary;"
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Why Poland Is Turning Away From the West
The EU and US are concerned that a dictator may be coming to power in Poland.
The new government has pushed forward three staggering changes. The man chosen to oversee police and intelligence agencies is a party stalwart who received a three-year suspended sentence for abusing power in his previous role as head of the anti-corruption office, signaling that political loyalty is above the law.
The government has purged European Union flags from government press briefings, demonstrating that it sees Polish national interests in opposition to European values.
And it has weakened the country’s separation of powers by rejecting the previous Parliament’s nominees to the constitutional court — and instead appointed its own candidates, provoking a constitutional crisis.
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Concerns over the health of Polish democracy were raised after the ruling right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) of Jaroslaw Kaczynski reversed last-minute appointments of constitutional judges by the previous government.
Opposition politicians and liberal media have accused the government of seeking to take charge of neutral institutions.
But PiS says the previous government of the conservative Civic Platform had no right to appoint judges before the election it knew it would lose.
The scenario is reminiscent of the repeated EP debates on Hungary in previous years, where socialists, liberals, greens and far-left MEPs have criticised prime minister Viktor Orban on media freedom, rule of law, and, more recently, on his comments on the death penalty and immigration.
The EP has adopted five critical resolutions on Hungary since 2011 and invited Orban several times for heated debates.
But its efforts were counterproductive. He tended to come out looking strong because MEPs have little power to sanction or discipline national governments.
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